Job 17:7
Job 17:7 Meaning and Explanation
“Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Grief has dimmed Job's sight and wasted his body to a shadow.
What Does Job 17:7 Mean?
Job describes the bodily toll of his anguish: his eyes have grown dim with weeping, and his limbs are so wasted they seem like a shadow. Sorrow has hollowed him out.
Grief is not only a feeling but something the body bears. Job gives words to that whole-person weariness without shame. His honesty invites us to bring even our exhaustion to God, who does not despise a frame worn thin by sorrow but draws near to the broken-hearted.
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What does Job 17:7 mean?
Grief has dimmed Job's sight and wasted his body to a shadow.